January - Ice Storm
February - Ocotomom
March - "Twilight"
April - Recession
May - Rachel Alexandra winning the Kentucky Oaks
June - Michael Jackson's death
July - Steve McNair murder/suicide
August - Louisville flood
September - H1N1 flu
October - Balloon boy hoax
November - DC Party Crashers
December - Tiger Woods
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Farewell, 2009
It just seems like yesterday TWIT was wishing farewell to 2008. You were kind of rough on us, 2009, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm glad to see you go. But while you were here, you showed us some valuable things.
In January (and on my birthday, no less) you showed us that Mother Nature can still pack a wallop by giving us the worst ice storm in the history of the state of Kentucky. Till the day I die I will never forget how on the morning of my birthday I was standing out at the end of my driveway by the road waiting for JW to pick me up for work, holding an umbrella that was frozen by the ice pouring down like rain.
Just a few days later after we all had thawed and dug out, you also showed me that no matter how careful you are, accidents will happen as my beloved Blazer was hit head on by a woman who wasn't paying attention. Thank goodness luck, fate, and the Good Lord were on my side and my Blazer was fixed as good as new.
Throughout the year, you showed us that we were still in a deep recession. At work we witnessed this first hand as our company's sales plummeted and over forty coworkers in the factory were laid off. But through this recession you taught us to spend less and save. And we're the better for it.
At the end of the summer, you showed us that Mother Nature still wasn't through with us yet, and in one morning in late August we experienced flooding in Louisville like my generation had never experienced. But once again, you taught us through this - those that were flooded out and had no electricity for weeks learned to be resourceful, and the city also came together to help those flooded out.
Personally, you taught me some things this year. You taught me that I need to follow my heart and you gave me the opportunity to make a life-changing decision by going back to school for a second Master's in Security Management -- a field that I have grown to love in just the few classes that I've taken so far. I've always loved school, but never in a million years thought taking classes would make me actually happy! You showed me that it's always good to have a backup plan just in case, and you gave me the tools and chance to put that plan in action, and I thank you very much for it. I hope that your friend 2010 will help me keep up my enthusiasm.
Toward the end of this year, you gave something back in my life that I thought I'd lost forever, in the form of a very dear friend. Whether it was fate or karma, I don't know; but I do know it's made me happier and it was truly one of the highlights of your twelve month visit with us.
All year long you still showed me the awesome power of unconditional love from my parents and my best friend. You also gave me the chance to give them unconditional love.
I wish you the best, 2009, and once again thank you for everything you taught us. We all are anxious to see what 2010 will bring us.
In January (and on my birthday, no less) you showed us that Mother Nature can still pack a wallop by giving us the worst ice storm in the history of the state of Kentucky. Till the day I die I will never forget how on the morning of my birthday I was standing out at the end of my driveway by the road waiting for JW to pick me up for work, holding an umbrella that was frozen by the ice pouring down like rain.
Just a few days later after we all had thawed and dug out, you also showed me that no matter how careful you are, accidents will happen as my beloved Blazer was hit head on by a woman who wasn't paying attention. Thank goodness luck, fate, and the Good Lord were on my side and my Blazer was fixed as good as new.
Throughout the year, you showed us that we were still in a deep recession. At work we witnessed this first hand as our company's sales plummeted and over forty coworkers in the factory were laid off. But through this recession you taught us to spend less and save. And we're the better for it.
At the end of the summer, you showed us that Mother Nature still wasn't through with us yet, and in one morning in late August we experienced flooding in Louisville like my generation had never experienced. But once again, you taught us through this - those that were flooded out and had no electricity for weeks learned to be resourceful, and the city also came together to help those flooded out.
Personally, you taught me some things this year. You taught me that I need to follow my heart and you gave me the opportunity to make a life-changing decision by going back to school for a second Master's in Security Management -- a field that I have grown to love in just the few classes that I've taken so far. I've always loved school, but never in a million years thought taking classes would make me actually happy! You showed me that it's always good to have a backup plan just in case, and you gave me the tools and chance to put that plan in action, and I thank you very much for it. I hope that your friend 2010 will help me keep up my enthusiasm.
Toward the end of this year, you gave something back in my life that I thought I'd lost forever, in the form of a very dear friend. Whether it was fate or karma, I don't know; but I do know it's made me happier and it was truly one of the highlights of your twelve month visit with us.
All year long you still showed me the awesome power of unconditional love from my parents and my best friend. You also gave me the chance to give them unconditional love.
I wish you the best, 2009, and once again thank you for everything you taught us. We all are anxious to see what 2010 will bring us.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Can You Hear Me Now
After a long and frustrating night of downloading, installing, uninstalling and rebooting, I went to bed last night fit to be tied. I was able to finally get sound when I played a DVD on the desktop computer, but it sounded like the Chimpmunks.
I thought about this problem all day long, and vowed that it would not get the best of me. I was determined to figure it out by myself, without any help from the computer shop or anyone else. And I did. I simply uninstalled everything I installed last night, did a system restore and started over. I downloaded an updated version of Windows Media Player, and then downloaded DivX and put in my "Madea Goes To Jail" DVD and much to my surprise, I had sound, and the sounds were Tyler Perry's actual voice, not his voice on fast forward. I'm very proud of myself for fixing this. And now I'm going to reward myself by putting on my headphones and watching Madea while I ride the recumbent bike. Go, me.
I thought about this problem all day long, and vowed that it would not get the best of me. I was determined to figure it out by myself, without any help from the computer shop or anyone else. And I did. I simply uninstalled everything I installed last night, did a system restore and started over. I downloaded an updated version of Windows Media Player, and then downloaded DivX and put in my "Madea Goes To Jail" DVD and much to my surprise, I had sound, and the sounds were Tyler Perry's actual voice, not his voice on fast forward. I'm very proud of myself for fixing this. And now I'm going to reward myself by putting on my headphones and watching Madea while I ride the recumbent bike. Go, me.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Could You Please Turn It Up?
This weekend, I got something cool for my computer and my recumbent bike - I got a long cord that turns my normal computer earphones into an extremely long set of earphones, so I can ride the recumbent bike and use the earphones to watch a DVD or TV show episodes online on my computer 8 feet away. As soon as I got home today, I changed clothes and went to the back bedroom to watch "Madea Goes To Jail" while I did my ride. Well, watching is all I could do because there was no sound. I thought it might be the DVD, so I put in another DVD and still no sound. Yet I can play CDs. WTF?
I called our family friend and resident computer guru, Bos, and after 20 minutes of head scratching and trying various things, he let out a hearty laugh and told me that I was the first person to present him with a computer problem that he couldn't solve. Wow - what an honor.
But I digress. He told me to call our local computer shop and talk to the owner, and said that the guy would probably know exactly what I should do and that it was probably something simple like a setting. So I'm calling the shop as soon as they open at 9:00 tomorrow morning and hopefully they'll be able to tell me what to do instead of me having to unplug everything and lug the computer to the shop. Cross your fingers for me, and I'll keep you posted.
I called our family friend and resident computer guru, Bos, and after 20 minutes of head scratching and trying various things, he let out a hearty laugh and told me that I was the first person to present him with a computer problem that he couldn't solve. Wow - what an honor.
But I digress. He told me to call our local computer shop and talk to the owner, and said that the guy would probably know exactly what I should do and that it was probably something simple like a setting. So I'm calling the shop as soon as they open at 9:00 tomorrow morning and hopefully they'll be able to tell me what to do instead of me having to unplug everything and lug the computer to the shop. Cross your fingers for me, and I'll keep you posted.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Link Of The Week
You might not know but I was a huge fan of the show "Will and Grace", mainly because of Grace's friend Karen Walker, played by Megan Mullally. She was my favorite character on the show and was truly the main reason I watched it. From other posts, you should know by now that I also love disco music. I found a site today that combines the two (Megan Mullally and disco music). If you've watched any TV lately, chances are you've seen Megan's new commercial for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. She sings and dances to "Turn The Tub Around" (sung to the tune of my all time favorite disco song, "Turn The Beat Around." If you haven't see it, here's a link to the extended version of the commercial and song. And when you're finished watching the video, you can even get a $1 coupon for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Just visit http://www.icantbelieveitsnotbutter.com/turnthetubaround/#/videos/fullvideo/ and turn the tub around.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Happy Boxing Day
We just started a new tradition here at The Compound -- we celebrated Boxing Day. In case you don't know, Boxing Day is the big holiday for our friends up north in Canada, and it's celebrated the day after Christmas. We did our part here at The Compound - we had wine and an awesome Italian dinner, all in honor of Boxing Day. I apologize but I did not do any research so I have no clue about the history of Boxing Day; I only know that we celebrated it here at The Compound. So to all of my faithful readers in Canada, Happy Boxing Day!!
New Product Review
As you well know, I love my gadgets, and I love a good bargain. Yesterday, on Christmas Day, I found them both. You might not have known this, but it's a family tradition that I make a trip to Walgreens on Christmas Day to buy something - even if it's a pack of 50% off wire ornamanet hangers. Well, yesterday I hit the mother lode. I found not only a bargain, but a cool as-seen-on-TV gadget that I've been wanting. I found the cool Wonder Hangers. They were on sale at half off for $9.99. Each pack comes with eight of the hanger things, meaning you can hand up a total of 40 things. How cool is that? All for about ten bucks?I had to buy each of us a box, and as soon as I got home, Dad popped in the C-shaped hangers for us (note: they're very hard to pop in, so you'll need a very strong person to handle that part for you) and then each of us were in our respective closets hanging up shirts. I was skeptical at first but after hanging up just one set of 5 t-shirts, I was sold. I decided I'd even run out later today to get a few more.
The Wonder Hangers are awesome and they work as well as the infomercials claim. Like I said, I can't wait to get back to our local drugstore this evening to buy a few more sets. The Wonder Hanger definitely receives the TWIT Seal Of Approval.
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